This book provides an overview of scientific fundamentals and principles of iris and periocular biometric recognition. It covers: an introduction to iris and periocular recognition; a selective overview of issues and challenges; soft biometric classification; security aspects; privacy protection and forensics; and future trends.
Dr. Christian Rathgeb is a senior researcher with the Faculty of Computer Science, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany. He has co-authored over 50 technical papers and a book in the field of iris biometrics. He is a principal investigator in the Center for Research in Security and Privacy (CRISP) and a Program Chair of the International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group (BIOSIG). Prof. Dr. Christoph Busch is a member of the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, and holds a joint appointment with the Faculty of Computer Science, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany. He is a principal investigator for CRISP, a co-Founder of the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) and convener of WG3 in ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 on Biometrics. He is a member of the steering committee of BIOSIG and serves on the editorial board of the IET Biometrics journal.